In children with myelomeningocele, paralysis and loss of sensation occur below the level of the spinal cord lesion. Since upper extremity functioning does not seem to be impaired in these cases, this study describes hand function and relationships between hand function and motor, sensory, and intellectual levels. (JA)

Five children diagnosed as having a perceptual problem as revealed by the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test received special tutoring to help develop their visual discrimination abilities. The six-week program for teaching the concept of shapes employed kinesthetic, visual, tactile, and verbal processes. (CS)

This study used a set of Piagetian tasks to examine the sensorimotor skills of 40 profoundly retarded institutionalized children ranging in age from 8 to 14 years. (JMB)

This study attempts to determine whether emotionally disturbed children produce significantly lower scores on tests designed to measure sensory motor integration. (Author/JA)

This investigation seeks to provide information on the motor creativity of preschool deaf children. A play apparatus known as the London Trestle Tree Apparatus was used. Data were collected on motor creativity using the Torrance Test of Thinking Creatively in Action and Movement. The Lubin Motor Creativity Testing Protocol was used to test motor…

Described are the purposes and activities of the lekotek, a Swedish private, non-profit agency whose name was coined from two Swedish words meaning playthings and library. The lekotek advises families with mentally retarded or other handicapped children at home as to such play activity and educational stimulation as will further the development of…

A review of design criteria for playgrounds that will be used by handicapped children as well as their normal peers. (Author/MLF)

Twenty-eight abstracts of theses research studies in the area of reading conducted between 1957 and 1967 at Cardinal Stritch College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are presented. The studies include research at both the elementary and secondary levels involving methods, materials, reading skills, attitudes, and total programs. Research studies on…

Movement is a natural part of life, and body and mind should develop together. (JD)

One of a series of over 50 similar selected bibliographies dealing with handicapped and gifted children, the bibliography contains 96 references concerning perceptual-motor development and learning. Entries, which include research reports, texts, journal articles, and other types of literature, were selected from Exceptional Child Education…

A PHYSIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL LEARNING DIFFICULTIES WAS THE BASIS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL CURRICULUM. THE LEARNER WAS SEEN AS A SPACIALLY ORIENTED BEING WITH A PHYSIOLOGICAL MAKEUP DESIGNED TO TRAVEL THROUGH "EDUCATIONAL SPACE," PROCESSING INFORMATION TO HIS PROGRESSIVE ADVANTAGE. EIGHT CONSTRUCTS SERVED…